While we were critical of Jayant Sinha garlanding the Jharkhand lynching convicts, we should also appreciate the fact that he has unequivocally condemned the attack on Swami Agnivesh. Remember, he is an MP from Jharkhand, says Shekhar Gupta in this video.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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